- Conflict processes
- Crime and social violence
- Human rights violations and state repression
- Political regimes and regime change
Mauricio Rivera Celestino
Senior Researcher
Email: mauriv@prio.org
Interests and experience
Projects
Sep 2021 – Mar 2025
DISARM: How post-accord disarmament affects peace and conflict dynamics
DISARM: How post-accord disarmament affects peace and conflict dynamics
Mar 2020 – Feb 2024
The Crime-Reducing Effect of Education: Disaggregating Education and Impact on Violent Crime (CREED)
The Crime-Reducing Effect of Education: Disaggregating Education and Impact on Violent Crime (CREED)
Jul 2018 – Jun 2023
Securing the Victory? Understanding Dynamics of Short-run and Long-term Success in Popular Uprisings and Democratization
Securing the Victory? Understanding Dynamics of Short-run and Long-term Success in Popular Uprisings and Democratization
Latest publications
All publications
Júlia Palik et al. (2025)
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in peace agreements (1975–2021): Introducing the DDR dataset
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in peace agreements (1975–2021): Introducing the DDR dataset
Journal article in Journal of Peace Research
Mauricio Rivera Celestino, Sungwon Lee & Timo Kivimäki (2024)
Coups and refugee flows in autocracies and democracies
Coups and refugee flows in autocracies and democracies
Journal article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Mauricio Rivera (2023)
Sarah Zukerman Daly (2023) Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections
Sarah Zukerman Daly (2023) Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections
Book review in JPR Book Notes
Marianne Dahl, Mauricio Rivera & Scott Gates (2022)
Unpacking Disloyalty: Dissent Strategies and Subversive Actions Among Security Forces
Unpacking Disloyalty: Dissent Strategies and Subversive Actions Among Security Forces
Conference paper
Mauricio Rivera, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch & Martin Macias (2022)
A Double -Edge Sword? Mass Media and Nonviolent Dissent in Autocracies
A Double -Edge Sword? Mass Media and Nonviolent Dissent in Autocracies
Journal article in Political Research Quarterly
Júlia Palik et al. (2022)
Disaggregating Security Specific Provisions In Peace Agreements: The Disarmament, Demobilization, And Reintegration (DDR) Dataset, 1975-2021
Disaggregating Security Specific Provisions In Peace Agreements: The Disarmament, Demobilization, And Reintegration (DDR) Dataset, 1975-2021
Conference paper
Marianne Dahl, Mauricio Rivera & Håvard Mokleiv Nygård (2021)
Defection during dissent and regime transitions
Defection during dissent and regime transitions
Conference paper
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Mauricio Rivera & Bárbara Zárate-Tenório (2021)
Can Education Reduce Violent Crime? Evidence from Mexico before and after the Drug War Onset
Can Education Reduce Violent Crime? Evidence from Mexico before and after the Drug War Onset
Journal article in Journal of Development Studies
Mauricio Rivera (2020)
Drugs, Crime, and Nonstate Actors in Latin America
Drugs, Crime, and Nonstate Actors in Latin America
Journal article in Latin American Politics and Society
Vincenzo Bove, Mauricio Rivera & Chiara Ruffa (2019)
Beyond coups: terrorism and military involvement in politics
Beyond coups: terrorism and military involvement in politics
Journal article in European Journal of International Relations
Latest news
Tuesday, 9 Nov 2021
Call for Applications: Research Assistant Position at PRIO
Call for Applications: Research Assistant Position at PRIO
PRIO seeks to recruit a Research Assistant in a 50% position, to work for 10 months on the DISARM project within the CVP department.
Thursday, 24 Jun 2021
New Project on Disarmament
New Project on Disarmament
The DISARM project seeks is to identify the impact of disarmament processes on conflict recurrence and pinpoint the conditions under which disarmament can be the most effective.
Monday, 9 Mar 2020
PRIO Has the Leading Experts on Protests
PRIO Has the Leading Experts on Protests
How does a country’s security apparatus react to a protest movement?And what happens in the aftermath of successful protests?PRIO has long been at the forefront of research on protest movements.
Wednesday, 18 Dec 2019
The Crime-Reducing Effect of Education - Funding in Place for Project
The Crime-Reducing Effect of Education - Funding in Place for Project
Can governments reduce violent crime by increasing education, and if so, under what conditions?Mauricio Rivera has received FINNUT funding from the Research Council of Norway for the 4-year project The Crime-Reducing Effect of Education: Disaggregating Education and Impact on Violent Crime (CREED).
